Revelation 4:3-4

4:3 And the one seated on it was like jasper ¹  and carnelian ²  in appearance, and a rainbow looking like it was made of emerald ³  encircled the throne. 4:4 In ⁴  a circle around the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on those thrones were twenty-four elders. They were ⁵  dressed in white clothing and had golden crowns ⁶  on their heads.

[4:3]  ¹ tn Grk “jasper stone.”

[4:3]  ² sn Carnelian was a semiprecious gemstone, usually red in color (L&N 2.36).

[4:3]  ³ tn Or “a rainbow emerald-like in appearance.”

[4:4]  ⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[4:4]  ⁵ tn Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation by supplying the words “They were” to indicate the connection to the preceding material.

[4:4]  ⁶ sn See the note on the word crown in Rev 3:11.